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SME R&D claims fall 19% as HMRC tightens the gate
HMRC counted 40,325 R&D tax credit claims in 2024-25, down 17 per cent, while the money claimed rose to £8.2bn. Fewer, bigger claimants are taking more of it.
OECD trims UK growth to 1% weeks before Healey's first Budget
The IMF says Britain must get its debt service costs under control. Founders should read both as a signal about tax and borrowing this autumn.
Rates relief threshold could rise from £12,000 in 28 October Budget
Chancellor John Healey is reported to be weighing a higher small business rates relief threshold. Uprating the frozen £12,000 figure for inflation would take it to £17,096.
30-year gilt yield hits 5.89%, highest since 1998
Long-term UK borrowing costs are at a 28-year high seven weeks before the Budget on 28 October. What the government pays to borrow tends to end up in what founders pay to borrow.
Founders' campaign asks Chancellor to reverse three tax moves
Stop the Creep wants employers' National Insurance cut back, entrepreneurial reliefs restored and a fixed roadmap for business tax. Two of the three land directly on what a founder keeps.